You can try to punish the seller or you can just walk away.

i agree. i'm sick of the punishment of the preponderance of emails.

Over the past decade, a few complaints have been filed with the real estate commissions of a few states and in each situation, we proved legally that we were within the bounds of the law and there was no punishment.

It's frustrating that seemingly every program in place, taxes, etc are punishing me for excelling my career quickly at a young age (but I'll save the rest of that rant for another time).  

It is not uncommon for tenants to run up utility bills to punish their landlord.

At a minimum, it punishes the tenant by hurting their credit score and warns other Landlords that this tenant is a problem.No matter what the tenant thinks, you are rewarding bad behavior by excusing their debt and offering them additional funds to give you back what is rightfully yours.

But I would say (nicely) that it should be a crime punishable by multiple years in prison to murder a tree in order to print the worthless policy out.Absolutely nothing that breaks is covered.

Any person who violates this paragraph commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, or, if a corporation, as provided in s. 775.083.For those not capable of looking up the statute here is it:The 2016 Florida StatutesTitle XXXIIREGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONSChapter 475 REAL ESTATE BROKERS, SALES ASSOCIATES, SCHOOLS, AND APPRAISERSView Entire Chapter 475.43 Presumptions.

I understand that if any of the above statements are willfully false, I am subject to punishment.

Well when you're part way in like this - that would be one thing (of a couple/few) that if an AHJ WANTED to, they could use that to kind of punish you.